This was my first time in a while seeing Begins. I've heard all of the criticism, both in this thread and beyond. And I conclude that I don't agree with a single iota of it. Begins is the perfect introduction to Batman. Such an incredible movie from beginning to end, it really is.

"We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don't completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched by it. This is what we have come to call art." -Takashi Murakami